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2015 Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC. All Rights ReservedMaybe We Should Stop Blaming Apple for the Woes of Chinese Factory WorkersAs the world&rsquo;s largest company Apple (AAPL) has become much like Wall Street banks a symbol of the kind of corporate gigantism that Occupy Wall Street protestors and their sympathizers rail against. &nbsp; Among the myriad controversies the Cupertino-based company has faced this year none has caused as much consternation or created as much media coverage as allegations that it had commmited labor abuses in China. &nbsp; The site of the media storm is of course the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen which though it also assembles products for Amazon (AMZN) Sony (SNE) Dell (DELL) Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2012/03/29/maybe-we-should-stop-blaming/
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:17:00 EST'Dump Starbucks' Campaign Gets Push Back From Left In terms of sheer numbers the &ldquo;Dump Starbucks&rdquo; campaign launched by the conservative National Organization for Marriage (NOM) looks like it could use a shot or two of espresso. Last week Starbucks (SBUX) became the target of a religious right international boycott after the coffee giant joined a number of prominent corporations including Microsoft (MSFT) Vulcan NIKE (NKE) RealNetworks (RNWKD) Group Health Cooperative and Concur (CNQR) in their support for same-sex marriage legislation in the Washington State legislature ahead of lawmakers voting on a gay marriage bill. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;We are urging customers across the globe to &#39;Dump Starbucks&#39; because ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2012/03/26/dump-starbucks-campaign-gets-push/
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:50:00 ESTHow High Should a Non-Profit CEO's Salary Be?As the weather in New York creeps ever warmer the protestors of Occupy Wall Street have re-emerged as they continue to highlight economic inequalities through the 1% versus 99% framework. &nbsp; That the compensation packages of CEOs of public companies in America has exploded in the last few decades is nothing new. Viacom (VIA) CEO Phillip Dauman&rsquo;s 2010 compensation was worth a princely $84 million while Starbucks (SBUX) honcho Howard Schultz took home a not-too-shabby $21.7 million in the same year. Apple (AAPL) head Tim Cook&rsquo;s 2011 take is estimated to be about $378 million thanks largely to a grant ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2012/03/21/how-high-should-a-non/
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:20:00 ESTChinese University's Lingerie Show Blatantly Rips Off Victoria's SecretIt&rsquo;s reasonable to say that China doesn&rsquo;t exactly have the strongest reputation for respecting intellectual property rights. &nbsp; Apple (AAPL) can certainly attest to that what with the numerous instances of Chinese companies illegally using the iconic company&rsquo;s brand name to profit. There were the iStoves which even came emblazoned with the Apple logo and the stores designed to look exactly like Apple stores. Starbucks (SBUX) and McDonald&rsquo;s (MCD) also became victims of copycats in China. The Seattle-based coffee giant even successfully sued one Chinese company Shanghai Xinbake for using a name similar to Starbuck&rsquo;s in Chinese. &nbsp; Well it ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2012/03/14/chinese-university-students-lingerie-show/
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